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Welcome to the Subject Guide for Social Work.  We hope these resources will be helpful to you!
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Databases (back to top)

Social Services Abstracts WSU Faculty, Staff & Students only Some full text available Abstracts available http://libraries.wichita.edu/subsplus/assets/fckuserfiles/file/SocialServicesAbstracts.pdf
Indexes and abstracts articles from over 1,300 journals and other serial publications. Includes dissertations and book reviews. Focuses on social work, human services, social welfare, social policy, and community development. Coverage: 1979-present.  View terms of use.   (Proquest)

Databases - supplemental (back to top)

Criminal Justice Abstracts WSU Faculty, Staff & Students only Some full text available Abstracts available
Citations and abstracts of articles in major journals, books, and government reports in criminology and related disciplines. Coverage: 1968-present. View terms of use.  (EBSCO)

ERIC (Proquest) WSU Faculty, Staff & Students only Some full text available Abstracts available http://libraries.wichita.edu/subsplus/assets/fckuserfiles/file/ERIC.pdf
Core database in education with citations and abstracts of journal articles, books, research reports, conference papers, technical reports, policy papers, and other education-related materials. Coverage: 1966-present. View terms of use.  (Proquest)

Google Scholar WSU Faculty, Staff & Students only Some full text available Abstracts available http://libraries.wichita.edu/subsplus/assets/fckuserfiles/file/GoogleScholar.pdf
Provides access to scholarly sources across many disciplines including articles, theses, books, etc. from a variety of publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites. Links to full-text when available.

PAIS International Database WSU Faculty, Staff & Students only Some full text available Abstracts available
Indexes journal articles, books, government documents, statistical compilations, committee reports; directories, etc. published worldwide in social and public policy. Produced by Public Affairs Information Service. Coverage: 1972-present.  4 simultaneous users. View terms of use.  (Proquest)

JSTOR WSU Faculty, Staff & Students only Link to full text Full text available
Online access to core scholarly journals in business, education, health, arts & humanities, life sciences, literature, physical sciences, and social sciences. Coverage begins with the first issue of each journal.   View terms of use.

PsycARTICLES WSU Faculty, Staff & Students only Full text available
Full-text articles from journals published by the American Psychological Association, APA Educational Publishing Foundation, Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe & Huber. Coverage varies. 5 simultaneous users. View terms of use.  (Proquest)

PsycINFO WSU Faculty, Staff & Students only Link to full text Some full text available
Citations and abstracts for articles in scholarly journals published worldwide in all areas of psychology. Coverage: 1892-present. Also provides citations and abstracts for English language books and book chapters and dissertations. Coverage 1987-present. View terms of use.  (Proquest)

SAGE Journals Online WSU Faculty, Staff & Students only Link to full text Some full text available Abstracts available
Online access to journals published by SAGE Publications in a broad range of disciplines including business, humanities, medicine, social sciences, science and technology.

Social Sciences Full Text WSU Faculty, Staff & Students only Link to full text Some full text available Abstracts available
Article citations and abstracts from over 600 periodicals and scholarly journals in all areas of the social sciences. Includes full-text access to some journals. Coverage of indexing: 1983-present; full-text: 1995-present. 99 simultaneous users. (EBSCO)   View terms of use

Sociological Abstracts WSU Faculty, Staff & Students only Link to full text Some full text available Abstracts available
Provides access to literature in sociology & related disciplines, both theoretical and applied. Covering sociological topics in fields such as anthropology, economics, education, medicine, community development, philosophy, demography, political science, and social psychology.  Coverage:  1974 to the present.  View terms of use.  (Proquest)

Web of Science WSU Faculty, Staff & Students only Link to full text Abstracts available http://libraries.wichita.edu/subsplus/assets/fckuserfiles/file/WebofScience.pdf
Citations to articles in thousands of scholarly journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts/humanities. Also indexes cited references in all articles. Coverage: 1988-present.  View terms of use.   (Thomson) Special Note: Access to WoS was originally provided by the Estate of Evelyn D. Cassat, Abilene, KS

Government Information (back to top)

U. S. Department of Health and Human Services Available to everyone

Journals/Magazines (back to top)

New Social Worker Online Available to everyone

WSU Libraries E-Journal List WSU Faculty, Staff & Students only

Organizations (back to top)

Association of Social Work Boards Available to everyone

Council on Social Work Education Available to everyone

International Federation of Social Workers Available to everyone

National Association of Social Workers Available to everyone

Reference Sources (back to top)

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Available to everyone

Child Abuse Sourcebook WSU Faculty, Staff & Students only

Domestic Violence Sourcebook WSU Faculty, Staff & Students only

Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice WSU Faculty, Staff & Students only

Encyclopedia of Diasporas: Immigrant and Refugee Cultures Around the World WSU Faculty, Staff & Students only

Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol & Addictive Behavior WSU Faculty, Staff & Students only

Encyclopedia of Homelessness WSU Faculty, Staff & Students only

Encyclopedia of Multicultural Psychology WSU Faculty, Staff & Students only

Encyclopedia of Race and Racism WSU Faculty, Staff & Students only

Encyclopedia of Rural America: The Land and People WSU Faculty, Staff & Students only

Encyclopedia of Social Problems WSU Faculty, Staff & Students only

Family in Society: Essential Primary Sources WSU Faculty, Staff & Students only

Growing Up: Issues Affecting America's Youth WSU Faculty, Staff & Students only

Poverty in American: An Encyclopedia WSU Faculty, Staff & Students only

Social Welfare: Fighting Poverty and Homelessness WSU Faculty, Staff & Students only

Web sites (back to top)

Code of Ethics (National Association of Social Workers) Available to everyone

Self-Help Groups Across Kansas Available to everyone
A database of over 1,800 local self-help groups and 1,000 national self-help organizations. Sponsored by Kansas Health Solutions, Wichita State University's Center for Community Support and Research, and the Kansas Department of Social And Rehabilitation Services.

Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board--Social Workers Available to everyone

Social Work World Available to everyone

Wichita State University--School of Social Work Available to everyone